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Technology

LG Project Demonstrates Adaptability of HVAC System

LG Project Demonstrates Adaptability of HVAC System

LG’s Australian Business Solutions arm has unveiled a new project at Brisbane’s Stratton Bar & Kitchen which features a MULTI V 5 HVAC air conditioning system.

Created in partnership with Integrated Group, the system performs efficiently and to the unique design of the building. The former airplane hangar is over 80 years old, and features a curved-steel ceiling and spacious footprint which comprises a 150-seat dining area, as well as a bar and function space.

With no insulation, the owners sought a system that could effectively cool and soundproof the space without taking away from the aesthetic.

“The challenges we faced were essentially converting a shed with no thermal properties and no acoustic properties into a hospitality venue that would be around for years to come,” says Stratton Owner Ben Brown.

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“Given the unique nature of the space, it was very important to us that the air conditioning units were both functional and aesthetically pleasing.”

Integrate Group was approached by Stratton to design the system’s capacity. The engineering group found that approximately 180kW of air conditioning would be required to suitably cool the venue.

“The LG MULTI V 5 system was chosen for the Stratton Bar & Kitchen project based on aesthetics, price and ease of installation. The system’s large capacity outdoor units allowed us to minimize the space and lighten the total load needed for installation, which helped us overcome one of the main design hurdles to keep the space neat and tidy,” says Integrated Group Managing Director, Jerome Higgins.

“The MULTI V 5 provided ultimate installation flexibility for its key components, which aided in our solution to build a mezzanine in the back to house the HVAC system, and not take away from the restaurant’s aesthetics inside.”

Differing cassettes were installed in the dining and bar areas as well as the kitchen. The space now features a bespoke, efficient cooling system that is easily operated through LG’s ThinQ app. The system is able to measure temperature and humidity levels and determine its parameters to achieve optimal energy efficiency and maximum indoor comfort levels.

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“At LG, we are passionate about providing innovative technology that supports the ever-changing demands for businesses,” says Brad Reed, Head of B2B Marketing (Solutions for Business) at LG Electronics Australia.

“This project with Integrate and Stratton Bar & Kitchen is a great example of how our HVAC solutions enable a comfortable atmosphere for a variety of business settings, working unobtrusively in the background and adding to the aesthetic of the venue. The technology is what keeps offices, hospitals, hotels, shopping malls and other indoor commercial settings cool in the summer and warm in the cool months.”

To find out more about LG Electronics Business Solutions HVAC systems, click here.

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Sports

Sad milestone in Princess Charlotte video

Sad milestone in Princess Charlotte video

I’m going to make an argument that might make you scoff: To be born a prince or princess in

the British royal family would be a rotten fate.

Oh yes, I know about the castles, the family’s $645 million wealth and the just under $3 billion trusts which only some members hav access to, not to mention the indescribably vast collection of jewels including questionable Romanov pieces, rubies the size of quail’s eggs and that their Gan Gan owns the world’s largest private collection.

To live life, from your first squalling breath, as an HRH means nearly unthinkable privilege, far too much venison and always getting to board a RyanAir flight first.

But, it would still be a rubbish life.

Exhibit A) the video released by William and Kate, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Instagram and Twitter accounts on Sunday night ahead of England’s Lioness soccer team playing in the Euro 2022 final. There the duke sat in some bucolic garden somewhere in England of the sort that Beatrix Potter would have given her best bonnet to sketch. On his knee he sat Princess Charlotte, age seven-years-old, with what looked like a plastered-on, slightly forced smile.

You can see her eyes dart off to the side, possibly to her mother the duchess who, as we know, is a dab hand with a camera. William wishes the team luck before Charlotte gets to deliver her line from Ella at the end, saying “Good luck, I hope you win, bye,” and offering a cheery wave.

It’s short, sweet and should be nothing more than a source of a few million more likes.

Except that, watching the video, something occurred to me. Here we have the future king delivering his lines with genuine warmth and enthusiasm and a small child staring down the barrel of a totally new sort of royal childhood, one where she and brothers Prince George and Prince Louis won’t just be obliged to occasionally appear. in public but will be required to help churn out the social content needed to keep the monarchy afloat.

Sure, all royal kidlets, including a cherubic Queen in the 1920s, have been rolled out to charm and delight the masses, tiny curiosities, waving gamely, that the press could slap on their front pages with glee abandon.

However, what sets the youngest Cambridges totally apart is that they are now also required to help their parents keep the pipeline of photos and videos for social media purposes coming.

Not only are George, Charlotte and Louis already expected to take part in key ceremonial family moments but on top of that, their childhoods are going to be intruded upon in an unprecedented way in the royal annals all in the name of likes, retweets and views .

You can already, clearly, see this pattern emerging if you contrast William and Charlotte at seven.

The year the prince was that age, he took part in the carriage procession for Trooping the Color and the later Buckingham Palace balcony waving session, appeared at the Beating Retreat military parade, and was photographed attending two weddings (his uncle, now the Earl Spencer , and that of the Duke of Hussey’s daughter) and alongside his brother Prince Harry on the younger boy’s first day at school.

Contrast that with the 12-months to date for Charlotte. In August last year she appeared in a Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Instagram post about a conservation effort called the Big Butterfly Count; there was the family’s Christmas card image, snapped during a private holiday to Jordan, that was shared widely; she attended the memorial service for her de ella Great Grandfather Prince Philip in March and the royal easter service in April, before the usual birthday shots of her were released in May.

Come June, Charlotte and her siblings took part in their first Trooping the Colour, did the balcony waving thing, undertook her first official engagement with her parents and George in Cardiff where she participated in an official walkabout, before taking center stage with her family during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, along with filming a video baking cakes with Kate, George and Louis.

Also in June, the Cambridge Three appeared in a sweet family shot, taken in Jordan, that was posted to mark UK Father’s Day.

Sure, the young Cambridges may never know the hell of being chased by the paparazzi, but often in the coming months and years we are very likely only going to more regularly see their small faces popping up on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook feeds. (A gambling woman would put money on William and Kate making a foray onto TikTok soon too.)

For the duke and duchess, being on most of the major platforms means they have agreed to a post-industrialist Faustian bargain. They can plug their brand of royalty – an accessible, warm and relatable one – directly to Britons via the most powerful marketing platforms ever created. The cost? They have to energetically and regularly generate the sort of personal and intimate photos and videos that are expected in these environments, that is, they are going to have to serve up their children at times.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, about 160 years ago, had the canny idea of ​​remaking the monarchy’s image by marketing their own family unit (and all nine children). This they did by releasing photos of what had hitherto been entirely personal moments such as christenings and the family on holiday. (In the 1860s, tens of thousands of copies of souvenir photos called carte-de-visites of the family were sold in the UK.)

This is a very similar strategy to the one that William and Kate are pursuing now, with their Happy Normal Family routine one of the building blocks of Cambridge Inc.

Cast your mind back to April last year when the duo released a totally unexpected departure of a video of the family gambolling on a beach, playing in a pristine garden and roasting marshmallows, to mark the duke and duchess’ tenth wedding anniversary.

The whole thing looked and felt like a commercial for a luxury station wagon, complete with atmospheric guitar music.

That was not an accident because fundamentally, William and Kate’s job comes down to the same thing a German car brand does: selling. In their case, selling the UK on a hereditary monarchy again and again to ensure it survives well into the 21st and 22nd centuries.

And, while every generation of royal parents have made their children accessible to the world via whatever the new technology of the day is, before now there was at least some sort of line between their private and public selves.

What sets George, Charlotte and Louis apart is that that distinction, that line, has quietly blurred in the last couple of years. We have seen content shot during family holidays, while ensconced on their private estates and after school in the Kensington Palace garden, shared on social media by their parents.

Obviously William and Kate are deeply protective of their children but they also have a responsibility to the monarchy too and that means embracing whatever new marketing weapons they can add to their arsenal.

Social media is a beast that must be fed and in recent years William and Kate have seriously upped their game on this front, hiring David Wakins, who formerly ran the Sussex Royal social media accounts, and launching a YouTube channel with a charming sizzle reel of sorts.

We are now served up, via the various Cambridge accounts, made-for-social content to promote their good works or news, such as when Kate was named as the Patron of the Rugby Football League and Rugby Football Union in February, with Kensington Palace putting out a sweet 30 second video starring the duchess amongst others.

These days it is hours, at the very most, after they attend any sort of engagement or event that videos and/or multiple images taken by the Cambridge team are posted, chirpily informing the world of what they have been up to and increasingly offering behind -the-scenes access.

Take their recent, somewhat disastrous tour of the Caribbean where they paid for their own photographer Matt Porteous to record their trip and where the couple’s digital team put out daily videos and photo montages.

A video of them scuba diving, shot by Porteous, to view marine conservation work was an interesting first – an official engagement conducted while the credentialed press pack were nowhere in sight and which was exclusively shared with the world via social media.

Clearly, William and Kate are devoting time, energy and budgetary resources to building up their social media presence as they inch ever closer to the throne but that is a path that involves their kids, whether any of them like it or not. (I’d wager it’s the latter.)

To be seven-years-old and on school holidays, and yet to be expected to take a break from your childhood to record a video in service of an ancient, stultifying institution? I’m not sure there are enough emeralds in the world to make up for that.

Daniela Elser is a royal expert and a writer with more than 15 years’ experience working with a number of Australia’s leading media titles.

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Australia

Canberra couple in court for allegedly assaulting, threatening boys after slapping game got out of hand

The sign out of the front of the building and the crest, with an autumnal tree nearby and a blue sky beyond.

A slapping game gone wrong between a group of boys has landed a Canberra couple in the ACT Magistrates Court.

The court heard the incident began with a game that involved face slapping between the boys, aged 12 and 13, which escalated, causing distress to one of them.

After the boy reported his distress to his mother, 32, and her partner, 31, they accompanied him back to the house where the other boys were, finding them in a bedroom.

Prosecutors told the court the man placed one of the boys in a headlock and, as the pair fell onto a mattress, he kicked a second boy in the head.

Magistrate Glenn Theakston noted there was an allegation he then tried to choke a third boy.

“He placed his hand around the throat of another boy,” Magistrate Theakston told the court, noting the boy was struggling to breathe.

The court heard the boy’s mother made threats, telling the boys “you are screwed.”

She also allegedly told them her partner had “just got out of jail” and “we’ll get you before school”.

“We’ll get people to get you,” she allegedly said.

Prosecutors told the court it was a disproportionate response and a serious example of an assault not befitting parents.

Magistrate Theakston said he would release the woman on bail, given she had not used any force.

“I am hoping she has cooled down,” he said.

But the man has been remanded in custody after the prosecution raised concerns about reoffending.

Magistrate Theakston agreed, and said it was a bizarre assault, which seemed to have been justified by a sense of grievance to do with his partner’s son.

“I’m just not satisfied that bail conditions would [allay] my concerns,” the magistrate said.

The woman has indicated a plea of ​​not guilty and will return to court in October.

The man will be back in court later this month.

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US

Putin pledges to expand Russia’s naval power, citing US as top threat

Putin pledges to expand Russia's naval power, citing US as top threat

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a naval doctrine on Sunday that accused the United States of seeking to dominate the world’s oceans and extends Moscow’s own ambitions into the Arctic Ocean.

Putin inked the document shortly before delivering a patriotic speech on Navy Day urging Russia to defend its national security interests, according to Reuters.

The 55-page naval doctrine says Russia will aim to become a “great maritime navy” with a presence across the world to counter the “strategic policy of the USA to dominate the world’s oceans.”

“Guided by this doctrine, the Russian Federation will firmly and resolutely defend its national interests in the world’s oceans, and having sufficient maritime power will guarantee their security and protection,” the doctrine reads, per Reuters.

It also says Russia will expand its ambitions in the Arctic Ocean. The US has previously warned Russia and China against aggression in the Arctic region.

Speaking at the city of St. Petersburg off the Neva River later in the day, Putin said Russia will “defend our interests” in claimed territories.

“We need to take resolute action today, given the challenges we’re facing,” the Russian leader said. “The homeland for everyone is a sacred concept. We need to defend it.”

As Putin finished, he earned a large “hoo-rah” from the naval sailors and officers who gathered for Navy Day, which is celebrated on the last Sunday of July.

Putin did not mention the war in Ukraine, but he pledged to defend Russian naval power in the Black and Azov seas.

“We need to rely on our capabilities, and anyone who would like to endanger our sovereignty will get a strong response,” Putin said.

The Russian president ordered an invasion of Ukraine in late February, in part because he feared Ukraine would join the western security alliance NATO.

With the US spending billions to arm Ukraine, tensions between Moscow and Washington are higher than at any point since the Cold War.

However, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday held their first call since the war began, to discuss a possible prisoner swap.

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Business

TCorp chief economist Brian Redican says this won’t be the Reserve Bank’s last inflation headache

TCorp chief economist Brian Redican says this won't be the Reserve Bank's last inflation headache

Second, he believes that by front-loading rate rises, the RBA has got in front of wage growth in Australia. As inflationary pressure eases over the next 12 months, upwards pressure on wages should also reduce, giving the RBA less to do.

“I don’t think it’s quite as urgent here as it is in the US, where wage growth has been much stronger,” he says.

The caveat to Redican’s view is that uncertainty remains high; a fresh outbreak of rising energy prices because of the war in Ukraine, for example, could easily reverse the likely retreat in inflation.

Indeed, his base case is that once this current bout of inflation ends, the global economy and financial markets will remain vulnerable to sharp inflationary cycles that will be more frequent than over the past two decades.

‘A risky thing to do’

Redica says investors should be skeptical about the market’s forecast that interest rates peak at 3 per cent and then fall as inflation fades.

“If you’re looking at the break-even inflation rates in Australia or the US, they’re saying that after this episode is gone, we don’t have to worry about inflation any more. And I think that’s a really risky thing to do.”

The factors that have pushed inflation higher in this current episode underpin Redican’s longer-term view. Not only are the cheap and flexible global supply chains of the past decade likely gone, but the challenge posed by the energy transition means sudden spikes in energy prices are likely to be frequent.

Demand for fossil fuels will keep falling over the long term as renewables provide an increasing share of the world’s power needs. But the bumpy nature of this transition means there will be times when increasingly scarce fossil fuels are needed, pushing energy prices – and subsequently inflation – up suddenly.

“Once we make that transition, then I think things will be back to normal. But during the transition period, we are really exposed on a number of fronts,” Redican says.

Central banks won’t want to risk inflation fueling wage rises, and so will need to react to these supply shocks. As a result, Redican says inflation might average 3 per cent over five years instead of 2 per cent, with bond yields averaging 4 per cent instead of 3 per cent.

That might take some adjustments from investors used to supportive central banks, companies that have relied on cost-cutting and borrowing to fuel profit growth, and households that have geared into property.

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Technology

AMD Radeon RX 7900 “Navi 31” RDNA 3 Graphics Cards Allegedly Feature 20 Gbps Memory

AMD Radeon RX 7900 "Navi 31" RDNA 3 Graphics Cards Allegedly Feature 20 Gbps Memory

AMD might be equipping faster GDDR6 memory chips on its upcoming high-end Radeon RX 7900 series graphics cards based on Navi 31 “RDNA 3” GPUs.

AMD’s High-End RDNA 3 “Navi 31” Powered Radeon RX 7900 Graphics Cards Allegedly Feature 20 Gbps Memory

The latest rumor comes from greymon55 and states that the red team’s fastest RDNA 3 GPUs based on the Navi 31 SKU will utilize faster GDDR6 memory dies. AMD’s RDNA 2-powered Navi GPUs come with up to 18 Gbps memory speeds. The 18 Gbps memory was added to the recent RDNA 2 refresh while the initial lineup made use of 16 Gbps dies.

It is stated that the Radeon RX 7900 series which will cover the high-end segment with their powerful MCM-based Navi 31 GPU design, will offer up to 20 Gbps memory speeds. That’s an increase of 11% compared to the existing fastest memory solution for the AMD Radeon RX 6000 cards.

Considering that the AMD Radeon RX 7900 series flagship comes with a 384-bit bus interface, we will be getting a 960 GB/s bandwidth solution plus there’s also Infinity Cache’s bandwidth which is expected to be increased to 384 MB (192 MB standard + 192 MB 3D V-Cache in six MCDs). Recent speculation has shown that with the new MCD Infinity Cache structure, the Radeon RX 7900 series can offer up to a theoretical 7 TB/s bandwidth which would be a massive increase versus the 1.79 TB/s bandwidth currently available on the RX 6950 XT graphics card.

But that’s not all, the leaker also says that an RDNA 3 refresh might feature the high-end 24 Gbps memory dies. This would yield the same GDDR6 bandwidth as NVIDIA’s flagship GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics card. Even the RTX 4090 Ti is expected to utilize 24 Gbps memory dies though we will see if that plan changes in the future. As for when the refresh is planned, it is expected around the end of 2023 or early 2024 so we got more than a year to go and the launch of AMD RDNA 3’s initial family to be witnessed before we talk about a refresh. The memory would be equipped with all of the refreshed models.

AMD RDNA 3 Navi 3X GPU Configurations (Preliminary)

GPU Name Navi 21 Navi 33 Navi 32 Navi 31 Navi 3X
GPU Process 7nm 6nm 5nm/6nm 5nm/6nm 5nm/6nm
GPU Package Monolithic Monolithic LCM (1 GCD + 4 GCD) LCM (1 GCD + 6 GCD) LCM (TBD)
GPU Die Size 520mm2 ~400mm2 440mm2 630mm2 TBD
Shader Engines 4 two 4 6 8
GPU WGP’s 40 20-16 40-32 60-48 64
SPs Per WGP 128 256 256 256 256
Compute Units (Per Die) 80 40-32 160 -128 (Overall) 240-192 (Overall) 128 (per GPU)
256 (Overall)
Cores (Per Die) 5120 5120-4096 10240-8192 15360-12288 8192
Cores (Total) 5120 5120-4096 10240-8192 15360-12288 16,384
memory-bus 256-bit 128-bit 256-bit 384-bit 384-bit x2?
MemoryType GDDR6 GDDR6 GDDR6 GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Capacity Up To 16GB Up To 8GB Up To 16GB Up To 24GB Up To 32GB
Memory Speed 16-18Gbps TBD TBD 20Gbps TBD
Memory Bandwidth 512-576GB/s TBD TBD 960GB/s TBD
Infinity Cache 128MB 128MB 256MB 384MB TBD
Flagship SKUs Radeon RX 6900 XTX Radeon RX7600XT? Radeon RX7800XT?
Radeon RX7700XT?		 Radeon RX7900XT? Radeon Pro
TBP 330W ~200W ~300W ~400W TBD
Launch Q4 2020 Q4 2022? Q4 2022? Q4 2022? 2023?

News Source: Videocardz

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Alex de Minaur wins Atlanta Open as Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis claims doubles title

Alex de Minaur

Australia Day came early in Atlanta after Alex de Minaur claimed the men’s singles title before Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis swept the doubles.

Australian men’s No.1 de Minaur had his second taste of success in the Georgia capital, beating American Jenson Brooksby to continue his run of fine form.

De Minaur, who won the Atlanta Open three years ago, triumphed over Brooksby 6-3, 6-3 to lift the ATP 250 tournament trophy once more.

On the back of the victory he’s set to jump nine places in the world rankings to 21, which bodes well for the looming US Open.

When he won at Atlanta in 2019 he went on to reach the fourth round of the major, which begins at the end of August.

It’s de Minaur’s first title since June last year at Eastbourne, and his sixth ATP Tour title overall.

De Minaur had to work hard to reach the decider, rallying from a set down in the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, but the gritty Australian persevered when under pressure.

“It was great to get another title under my name — it’s my sixth and not a lot of people have been able to do that, so I feel great,” said de Minaur, who this year reached the second week of Wimbledon for the first time.

“I feel great about my game. I’ve put a lot of work in, so it’s great to see the hard work being rewarded.”

The final was a clash between two of the ATP Tour’s best defenders, but it was de Minaur’s attacking play that proved critical as he clawed past the home favorite in 91 minutes.

“I knew coming in it would be a very tactical, chess-like match that we were going to both play,” the third seed said.

“I’m happy I was able to execute my game plan and get the win but it was a very tough match.

“Plenty of times it could have gone either way and even though the scoreboard was three and three, it felt very, very tight.”

Kyrgios and Kokkinakis
Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios celebrate after claiming the doubles title in Atlanta.(Getty Images: Kevin C. Cox)

Australian Open doubles champions Kyrgios and Kokkinakis were also celebrating after winning an all-Aussie doubles final.

Despite pulling out of the singles with a knee complaint, Kyrgios teamed with his good friend to score a 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 victory over Jason Kubler and John Peers.

The second seeds, who wrapped up a three-set win in a rain-delayed semi over Americans Rajeev Ram and Jack Sock earlier in the day, clinched their second tour-level title as a team in 94 minutes.

It was 26-year-old Kokkinakis’ third career ATP doubles title — his first outside Australia — and a third career ATP doubles title for 27-year-old Kyrgios, who maintains his unbeaten record in tour-level doubles deciders.

The pair’s 2022 season record now stands at 13 wins from 15 matches.

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Casuarina Prison: Teen inmates trash cells after eating KFC for a treat

Casuarina Prison: Teen inmates trash cells after eating KFC for a treat

Teenage detainees being held at an adult maximum security prison have trashed their cells and climbed into the roof space a day after they were fed KFC as a treat.

WA Prison Officers Union secretary Andy Smith told The West Australian that some of the boys ripped out toilets to smash windows and then pulled apart the window frames to hurl projectiles at guards.

It was “pure luck” none of the youth custodial officers were injured during the two hours of chaos at Casuarina Prison on Saturday night.

Mr Smith said the group climbed into the roof space of Unit 18 before they were brought under control with pepper spray by the Special Operations Group, the prison system’s riot squad.

The Department of Justice have released images of some of the facilities inside Casuarina Prison, being used by teenagers who have been moved there from Banksia Hill
Camera IconSome of the facilities inside Casuarina Prison being used by teenagers who have been moved there from Banksia Hill. Credit: Supplied/Supplied

The incident comes less than two weeks after 16 inmates were transferred from Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Center to Casuarina following months of damage and disruption.

Mr Smith revealed the troubled youths were given KFC for dinner on Friday night as a reward but kicked-off the following evening when they refused to go back into their cells.

“This was a failure of parenting 101 — do not reward bad behaviour,” the union boss said.

“The behavior of these juveniles at Banksia Hill has continued at Casuarina. There needs to be a huge look at how they are managed, not just where they are placed.”

One of the cells at Casuarina Prison.
Camera IconOne of the cells at Casuarina Prison. Credit: Supplied/Supplied

The Justice Department said the “disturbance” lasted between 6pm and 8pm and confirmed the detainees had used debris as “weapons” to threaten youth custodial officers”.

A department spokesman said as part of efforts to manage young people at Banksia Hill, from time to time “incentives” were offered for good behaviour.

“At the temporary youth detention centre, six of the detainees were given a KFC meal on Friday as a reward for meeting a target of no behavioral incidents for about a week,” he said.

“A similar reward for good behavior was offered to details in two units at Banksia Hill.”

Corrective Services Minister Bill Johnston said five of the details transferred from Banksia Hill were involved in the violence.

“It’s actually a demonstration of why we moved them because I’m pleased to say that during the week the services at Banksia Hill were back to where they should be and programs were running,” he said.

“The whole purpose of moving these disruptive young people was to allow the majority of detainees (at Banksia Hill) to get the services that they deserve.”

The basketball court.
Camera IconThe basketball court. Credit: Supplied/Supplied

He said the group had previously damaged about 100 cells at Banksia Hill and denied their behavior at the weekend was a result of being housed at an adult prison.

Mr Johnston said he hoped the teenagers would only be kept at Casuarina for a “short period” while plans for a $26 million upgrade of Banksia Hill were developed.

Shadow corrective services minister Peter Collier said situation “lurched from crisis to crisis” and responsibility rested entirely with Mr Johnston.

He said: “Of course moving them to Casuarina didn’t solve the problem, it merely transferred it. What’s he going to do now, put them in solitary confinement 24 hours a day?

“The Minister must resolve the systemic issues at Banksia Hill and stop doing what he thinks is politically expedient.”

It comes after Mr Johnston said he agreed with prison bosses who let some of WA’s most notorious criminals enjoy a late-night soccer party after winning special permission to watch the recent UEFA Champions League final.

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US

Gunstock Commission formally votes to rehire management team

Gunstock Commission formally votes to rehire management team

WMUR’S SCOTT COOK WAS THERE AND HAS MORE FROM GILFORD. EMOTIONS RUNNING HIGH AT GUNSTOCK MOUNTAIN IN GILFORD… AFTER ANOTHER EMERGENCY MEETING WAS CALLED SUNDAY… TO CONSIDER A MOTION TO RE-HIRE THE RESORT’S MANAGEMENT TEAM. THE COMMISSION áDIDá LEGALLY VOTE TO RE-HIRE THE MANAGEMENT TEAM… WHO AGREED TO RETURN TO WORK… AS LONG AS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION — DR DAVID STRANG — STEPS DOWN. STRANG ATTENDED THE MEETING VIA ZOOM… BUT DID NOT RESIGN FROM HIS POSITION, DESPITE DOZENS OF PLEAS FROM HIS FELLOW COMMISSIONERS… THE PUBLIC… AND FROM THE BELKNAP COUNTY DELEGATION. LEGALLY… GUNSTOCK –WHICH IS OWNED BY THE COUNTY — NEEDS 3 COMMISSIONERS IN PLACE TO OPEN AND OPERATE. BUT SINCE TWO OTHER COMMISSIONER — PETER NESS AND GARY KIEDAISCH — RESIGNED AMID TURMOIL IN RECENT WEEKS… STRANG’S RESIGNATION WOULD LEAVE ONLY TWO COMMISSIONERS. REGARDLESS… THE COUNTY DELEGATION SAYS IT’S PREPARED TO HOLD ANOTHER EMERGENCY MEETING MONDAY… WHERE THEY WOULD OFFICIALLY VOTE TO REMOVE STRANG…. AND ELECT A TEMPORARY COMMISSIONER.

Gunstock Area Commission formally votes to rehire management team

Activities will resume once temporary commissioner is in place

Another emergency meeting was held Sunday by the Gunstock Area Commission in hopes to reopen the resort. That team resigned in recent weeks and said they could no longer work with the commission’s chairman. The commission formally voted to rehire the management team, however, that’s contingent upon the current chair David Strang resigning or being voted out by the Belknap County delegation.”I’m very happy with the outcome, and I think you saw a lot of other people in this room were very happy with it as well,” said Doug Lambert, Gunstock Area Commissioner. Strang attended the meeting over Zoom, but did not resign from his position, despite dozens of pleas from his fellow commissioners, the public and from the Belknap County delegation. “I’m optimistic. I’ve always had faith that the local leadership of this area would come through. I’m glad — although it’s the 11th hour — they did,” said Jade Wood, Gunstock Area Commissioner. can see that the community’s always been recruited, the employees always been recruited to stand behind this mountain, and ultimately, we are too.”Legally, Gunstock, which is owned by the county, needs three commissioners in place to open and operate. two other commissioners, Peter Ness and Gary Kiedaisch, resigned amid turmoil in recent weeks, Strang’s resignation would leave only two commissioners. Regardless, the delegation is prepared to hold another emergency meeting Monday night where they would vote Strang out and elect a temporary commissioner. “I’m hoping that it does not come to a meeting tomorrow night. I’m hoping that Dr. Strang will do the right thing and step aside if his interests really are with the mountain, or if he’s not able to fulfill his oath,” Wood said. The Belknap County Delegation said they do have commissioner candidates in mind to replace Strand, and if they put them into position, the mountain will be able to reopen and all activities will be able to resume.The commission said they’re still planning on hosting Soulfest, a Christian music festival at the mountain next weekend .

GILFORD, NH—

Another emergency meeting was held Sunday by the Gunstock Area Commission in hopes of reopening the resort.

That team resigned in recent weeks and said they could no longer work with the commission’s chairman.

The commission formally voted to rehire the management team, however, that’s contingent upon the current chair David Strang resigning or being voted out by the Belknap County delegation.

“I’m very happy with the outcome, and I think you saw a lot of other people in this room were very happy with it as well,” said Doug Lambert, Gunstock Area Commissioner.

Strang attended the meeting over Zoom, but did not resign from his position, despite dozens of pleas from his fellow commissioners, the public and from the Belknap County delegation.

“I’m optimistic. I’ve always had faith that the local leadership of this area would come through. I’m glad — although it’s the 11th hour — they did,” said Jade Wood, Gunstock Area Commissioner. can see that the community’s always been recruited, the employees always been recruited to stand behind this mountain, and ultimately, we are too.”

Legally, Gunstock, which is owned by the county, needs three commissioners in place to open and operate. Since two other commissioners, Peter Ness and Gary Kiedaisch, resigned amid turmoil in recent weeks, Strang’s resignation would leave only two commissioners.

Regardless, the delegation is prepared to hold another emergency meeting Monday night where they would vote Strang out and elect a temporary commissioner.

“I’m hoping that it does not come to a meeting tomorrow night. I’m hoping that Dr. Strang will do the right thing and step aside if his interests really are with the mountain, or if he’s not able to fulfill his oath ,” Wood said.

The Belknap County Delegation said they do have commissioner candidates in mind to replace Strand, and if they put them into position, the mountain will be able to reopen and all activities will be able to resume.

The commission said they’re still planning on hosting Soulfest, a Christian music festival at the mountain next weekend.

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F45 co-founder Adam Gilchrist puts $14 million Freshwater house up for auction

F45 co-founder Adam Gilchrist puts $14 million Freshwater house up for auction

Former F45 chief executive Adam Gilchrist has put his $14 million Freshwater house up for auction less than a week after the US share price for the gym franchise plummeted on Wall Street.

Gilchrist, who stepped down as chief executive last week, has been a high-profile property investor of recent years, best known for his bullish record-setting house price purchases from Byron Bay to Freshwater, largely fueled by the fitness training franchise he co- founded in 2013 with one gym in Sydney.

F45 founder Adam Gilchrist and major shareholder Mark Wahlberg on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for the company's IPO in July 2021.

F45 founder Adam Gilchrist and major shareholder Mark Wahlberg on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for the company’s IPO in July 2021.Credit:Getty

In late 2017 Gilchrist’s wife Eli Gilchrist (nee Havas) bought a Californian bungalow at Freshwater overlooking the beach for $5.4 million, sight unseen, paying $1.3 million over the reserve.

But it was the contemporary three-level house next door that reset local house price records when Gilchrist purchased it in 2019 for $14 million amid plans to knock it down to make way for a swimming pool to go with his bungalow next door.

No DA to demolish the house was ever lodged with Northern Beaches Council, and the DA to demolish the Californian bungalow next door to make way for a Walter Barda Design house at a cost of $2.57 million was later withdrawn.

Adam Gilchrist purchased the Californian bungalow (left) in 2017 and the three-level residence (right) for $14 million in 2019.

Adam Gilchrist purchased the Californian bungalow (left) in 2017 and the three-level residence (right) for $14 million in 2019.Credit:James Brickwood

The Californian bungalow is not expected to be listed, but the $14 million record-setting residence has been quietly offered to buyers for more than a year. It carries a Macquarie Bank mortgage.

On Monday, just days after the F45 share price hit a low of $US1.93, Clarke & Humel’s Michael Clarke launched a sales campaign for the Freshwater residence ahead of an August 27 auction.

Clarke offered “no comment” to inquiries, but the marketing now refers to Gilchrist’s “demolition job” as a “cutting-edge architectural design” on “an unsurpassed beachfront setting”.